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‘Parlour Café’ at Glenilen Farm and Drimoleague Farmer’s Market

WCP Staff July, 2020

A not-to-be missed foodie destination for 2020 Summer Glenilen Farm in Drimoleague is a family-run business founded in 1997 by husband and wife duo, Alan and Valerie Kingston. Over the last 23 years the business has grown from a team of two to 40 people. The pop-up ‘Parlour Café’ re-opens […]

Don’t be left out of the BBQ party

WCP Staff July, 2020

Jacques Brennan is the author of the blog – Le Journal, find it at www.hungrysoulplantpower.com and is a frequent collaborator with the West Cork arts and health organisation, MusicAlive. He is also a guest food contributor to West Cork People. I grew up eating mostly plants. When it came to […]

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West Cork company expands product range with food supplements to support immune health

WCP Staff July, 2020

Bandon-based, food supplement business SOMEGA have just launched a new liquid Vitamin C food supplement, with a range of Vitamin D supplements to follow shortly. According to nutritionist and co-founder, Dr. Paula Gaynor “SOMEGA’s new range of Vitamin C and Vitamin D supplements are a natural extension to our product […]

Celebrating the first of the courgettes

Karen Austin July, 2020

I have been stalking our courgette plants, prompted by a photo of my son’s dinner, which was a plate of courgette carbonara – our family is really into food porn! It got me dreaming of young courgettes, which are succulent and tasty and perfect for this simple dish where they are […]

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Where the crow flies

WCP Staff July, 2020

Hungry Crow are five years in the markets. It was the May Bank Holiday five years ago when the Clonakilty purveyors of decadent delights in dark chocolate wandered through Skibbereen Market offering tasters. The markets were shut down on their fifth anniversary this May Bank Holiday, so Niamh and Mark […]

A West Cork Farm experience

Mary O'Brien July, 2020

Denis O’Donovan, his wife Collette, and their son Eoghan farm on the Wild Atlantic Way between Rosscarbery and Glandore where their Jersey cross Friesian herd produce high solids of milk of superb quality from grazed grass on Roury Hill Farm. The family are part of a group of West Cork […]

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